Building the Perfect Fighter To Defeat Jon Jones

On March 19th, 2011, Jon "Bones" Jones became the youngest champion in UFC history by completely destroying former PRIDE great Maurício "Shogun" Rua.

Thus far in his MMA career, Jones has yet to be truly tested in the cage.

As he continues to evolve and add skills to his game every day, it is easy to believe that he will continue his dominant roll through the UFC's light-heavyweight division. He is just a bad stylistic matchup for everyone because of his freakish physical abilities and his ability to execute in the cage.

Striking: Alistair Overeem

Ah good ole "Horse Meat"—who better to teach young Jones a lesson on the feet?

Not only has Alistair Overeem developed into arguably the best heavyweight fighter in MMA today, but he also happens to be the 2010 K-1 Grand Prix Champion; something no other MMA fighter has ever accomplished.

Top Position: George Sotiropoulos

George Sotiropoulos may be coming off of a somewhat lackluster performance against Dennis Siver at UFC 127, but he is still one of the best fighters in the world when he is able to obtain top position in the ground.

His transitions are flawless, and he is as active and aggressive as they come constantly looking for the finish.

We have yet to really see Jones have to fight off of his back, but with those long limbs he could likely pull off some pretty impressive submissions.

Bottom Position: Nick Diaz

Let's face it, even if this imaginary fighter we are creating had the wrestling chops of Sonnen, Jones is talented enough to still find away to get a takedown at some point so this "super fighter" is going to have to have some skill off his back; Nick Diaz is that man.

Just take a look at the picture in this slide. Do you know what that is?

That, my friends, is an expertly executed gogoplata.

Diaz is a skilled Cesar Gracie black belt and he has an active—and very dangerous—guard.

While in many cases Jones' long limbs are an asset, against Diaz they would be major liabilities.